Leendert J. VanDerGrift

- 1725

• Name	Leendert J. VanDerGrift
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Dec 1655	Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands   [1, 2, 3]
  Died	10 Feb 1724/25	Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Notes	Leendert (Leonard) VAN DE GRIFT, baptised December 19, 1655, died in Bensalem, Bucks county, 1725; married, November 20, 1678 Styntje ELISWORTH. He, with his three brothers and two brothers-in-law, purchased land in Bensalem in 1697 of Joesph GROWDEN, Leonard's purchase being two tracts of 135 and 106 acres respectively. He subsequently purchased seventy-four acres of his brother Fredrick. He and his wife were received at Bensalem church in 1710, and he was appointed junior elder. On December 30, 1715, he was commissioned a justice of the peace. Letters of administration were granted on his estate February 18, 1725, to his eldest son Abraham, known as "Abraham Vandergrift, by the River." [3]
  Person ID	I38295	Bryant
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Jacob Leendertsen VanDerGrift,   b. Abt 1611, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands ,   d. Bef 1697, Newtown, Queens Co, New York
  Mother	Rebecca Lubberts Fredrickse,   b. 15 Aug 1628, Breuckelen, New Netherlands ,   d. Aft 1710, Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
  Marriage Banns	19 Jul 1648	New Amsterdam, New Netherlands   [1]
  Family ID	F2785	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Styntje Ellsworth,   b. 11 Feb 1656/57, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands ,   d. Abt 1721, Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
  Married	20 Nov 1678	Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania   [3]
  	Christina was the daughter of Theophilus Elsworth. They removed to Bensalem, Bucks Co., PA. HAd children Jacob, Christoffel, Rebecca, Abraham, Anneken, Elizabeth, Anntje.
  Family ID	F2804	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 19 Dec 1655 - Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands Married - 20 Nov 1678 - Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania Died - 10 Feb 1724/25 - Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S270] Jordan, Gen. Northern Penn., Jordan, John W., (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1913), p.1379. [S328] Corson Families in America, Corson, Orville, (Author, Middletown, Ohio, 1939), 2:41. [S330] History of Bucks County, PA, Davis, William W. H., A.M., (The Lewis Publishing Company, New York-Chicago, 1905), pp. 31-33.